Verified 2026-10
arduino Nano Connector Carrier
28 x 43 mm Nano carrier that breaks a Nano board's pins out to two Grove analogue/digital connectors, a Grove UART, a Grove I2C, a Qwiic I2C connector and a microSD slot, with a 3.3 V / 5 V board-selector switch (Qwiic and microSD stay 3.3 V) - EUR 13.30.
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Part & documents
| Data sheet | Data sheet → |
|---|---|
| Source | store.arduino.cc/products/nano-connector-carrier → |
Pinout
30 pads, as the vendor numbers them.
| # | Name | Function | Signals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D13 / SCK | Analog header JP1 pad 1: serial clock | digital 13, SPI SCK |
| 2 | +3.3 V | Analog header JP1 pad 2: +3.3 V power rail | 3.3 V rail |
| 3 | B0 / AREF | Analog header JP1 pad 3: analog reference | analogue reference |
| 4 | A0 | Analog header JP1 pad 4: analog input 0 | analogue 0 |
| 5 | A1 | Analog header JP1 pad 5: analog input 1 | analogue 1 |
| 6 | A2 | Analog header JP1 pad 6: analog input 2 | analogue 2 |
| 7 | A3 | Analog header JP1 pad 7: analog input 3 | analogue 3 |
| 8 | A4 | Analog header JP1 pad 8: analog input 4 / I2C serial data (SDA) | analogue 4, I2C SDA |
| 9 | A5 | Analog header JP1 pad 9: analog input 5 / I2C serial clock (SCL) | analogue 5, I2C SCL |
| 10 | A6 | Analog header JP1 pad 10: analog input 6 | analogue 6 |
| 11 | A7 | Analog header JP1 pad 11: analog input 7 | analogue 7 |
| 12 | +5V | Analog header JP1 pad 12: USB power (5 V) | 5 V rail |
| 13 | BOOT1 | Analog header JP1 pad 13: board reset 1 | mode |
| 14 | GND | Analog header JP1 pad 14: ground | ground |
| 15 | VIN | Analog header JP1 pad 15: voltage input | power in |
| 16 | D12 / MISO | Digital header JP2 pad 15 (this entry's pad 16): master in slave out | digital 12, SPI MISO |
| 17 | D11 / MOSI | Digital header JP2 pad 14 (this entry's pad 17): master out slave in | digital 11, SPI MOSI |
| 18 | D10 / SS | Digital header JP2 pad 13 (this entry's pad 18): slave select | digital 10, SPI SS |
| 19 | D9 | Digital header JP2 pad 12 (this entry's pad 19): digital pin 9 | digital 9 |
| 20 | D8 | Digital header JP2 pad 11 (this entry's pad 20): digital pin 8 | digital 8 |
| 21 | D7 | Digital header JP2 pad 10 (this entry's pad 21): digital pin 7 | digital 7 |
| 22 | D6 | Digital header JP2 pad 9 (this entry's pad 22): digital pin 6 | digital 6 |
| 23 | D5 | Digital header JP2 pad 8 (this entry's pad 23): digital pin 5 | digital 5 |
| 24 | D4 / SD_SS | Digital header JP2 pad 7 (this entry's pad 24): digital pin 4 / default SD card SS | digital 4, SD chip select |
| 25 | D3 / *SD_SS | Digital header JP2 pad 6 (this entry's pad 25): digital pin 3 / optional SD card SS | digital 3, SD chip select option |
| 26 | D2 / *SD_SS | Digital header JP2 pad 5 (this entry's pad 26): digital pin 2 / optional SD card SS | digital 2, SD chip select option |
| 27 | GND | Digital header JP2 pad 4 (this entry's pad 27): ground | ground |
| 28 | RST | Digital header JP2 pad 3 (this entry's pad 28): reset | reset |
| 29 | D0 / RX | Digital header JP2 pad 2 (this entry's pad 29): digital pin 0 / serial receiver (RX) | digital 0, UART RX |
| 30 | D1 / TX | Digital header JP2 pad 1 (this entry's pad 30): digital pin 1 / serial transmitter (TX) | digital 1, UART TX |
Buses
| Bus | Signals | Pins | Voltage | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I2C ×1 | SDA, SCL | A4, A5 | 3.3 V at the Qwiic connector and Grove I2C connector, translated to the host board's level V | One bus on A4 (SDA) and A5 (SCL), exposed on the Qwiic JST connector and the Grove I2C connector. No on-board I2C device, so no addresses. |
| SPI ×1 | SCK, MISO, MOSI, SS | D13 / SCK, D12 / MISO, D11 / MOSI, D4 / SD_SS | 3.3 V at the microSD slot V | The microSD slot uses the Nano's SPI bus with slave select on D4 by default; D2 and D3 are alternate selects via solder jumpers. |
| UART ×1 | RX, TX | D0 / RX, D1 / TX | translated to the host board's level V | The Grove UART connector (J4) carries the Nano's D0/D1 serial pair. |
Power
| Input | powered by the host Nano board's nominal voltage, 3.3 V or 5.0 V per the board-selector switch |
|---|---|
| Input range | 3V3 input 3.3 V nominal from 3.3 V boards; 5V input 5.0 V nominal from 5 V boards |
Outputs
| Rail | Rating | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Grove VCC | 3.3 V or 5.0 V V | follows the board-selector switch position |
| Qwiic / microSD | 3.3 V V | always 3.3 V regardless of the switch, per the datasheet's note |
Notes
Arduino numbers JP1 and JP2 each from 1 to 15 with JP2 running the opposite way, so a single pin list would carry two pads numbered 15. pins[] numbers JP1 1-15 and JP2 16-30 in the datasheet's own row order and names the connector and the vendor's pad number in every description - the same offset the Nano R4 entry uses. Labels are the 'Function' column of the datasheet's pinout tables 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 (text layer, no vision). The datasheet publishes no I2C address (the carrier has no I2C device) and no pull-up or decoupling values.
AI context
Dense context for pasting into a model prompt — addresses, pinout, voltages, tolerances and the vendor's reference circuit.
PART: Arduino Nano Connector Carrier, SKU ASX00061 - a 28 mm x 43 mm carrier that a Nano-family board plugs into, adding Qwiic, Grove and microSD connectivity. It has no microcontroller: two Nano headers (J2, J3) take the host board and the carrier's translators present that board's buses on the outside world. Translators fitted: U1, U2, U3 and U5 are SN74LVC1G125DCKR push-pull buffers, U4 is a TCA9406DCUR open-drain I2C translator. Connectors: J5 and J7 Grove analogue/digital, J4 Grove UART, J8 Qwiic I2C, J9 microSD, S1 the 3.3 V / 5 V board-selector switch. PINOUT: the vendor numbers the two Nano headers independently and in opposite directions - JP1 (analog side) pads 1-15 run D13 / SCK, +3.3 V, B0 / AREF, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, +5V, BOOT1, GND, VIN; JP2 (digital side) is printed as pad 15 down to pad 1 running D12 / MISO, D11 / MOSI, D10 / SS, D9, D8, D7, D6, D5, D4 / SD_SS, D3 / *SD_SS, D2 / *SD_SS, GND, RST, D0 / RX, D1 / TX. Because two pads cannot both be number 15, this entry numbers JP1 1-15 and JP2 16-30 in the datasheet's own row order, with the vendor's pad number printed in every description (the Nano R4 convention). I2C: one bus only, on A4 (SDA) and A5 (SCL), brought out to both the Qwiic JST connector and the Grove I2C connector, plus the Nano headers. There is no I2C device on the carrier itself, so no address is published and addresses is empty. SUPPLY: the carrier is powered from the host board's nominal voltage - 3.3 V in, or 5.0 V in - selected by the board-selector switch, which the datasheet lists as compatible with Nano ESP32, Arduino Nano, Nano 33 IoT, Nano Every, Nano 33 BLE, Nano 33 BLE Rev2, Nano 33 BLE Sense, Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2, Nano RP2040 Connect and Nano Matter. Recommended operating temperature -40 to +85 C (25 C typical). LOGIC AND LEVELS: the switch sets the Grove connectors' VCC pin and the logic level the translators present to the host, so the Grove side follows the host board. The Qwiic connector and the microSD slot are always +3.3 V regardless of the switch position, and the Qwiic connector's logic is fixed at 3.3 V, translated to the host voltage by the on-board translators. Setting the switch to the wrong position for the Nano fitted puts 5 V on a 3.3 V board's Grove connector, or starves a 5 V board's Grove devices. REFERENCE CIRCUIT: level translation is on the carrier - SN74LVC1G125DCKR push-pull buffers for the analogue/digital and UART paths, TCA9406DCUR open-drain for I2C - so no external shifter is needed between a 5 V Nano and the 3.3 V Qwiic bus. The datasheet publishes no pull-up or decoupling values for the carrier, so none are recorded here. TRAPS: (1) the microSD slot's SPI slave select defaults to D4; D2 and D3 are alternate selects, selectable with the carrier's solder jumpers, and all three are marked on the header as SD_SS options. (2) The Qwiic connector is 3.3 V even when the switch is on 5 V - only the Grove connectors follow the switch. (3) The carrier needs the host board's voltage to match the switch, and the switch position also sets Grove VCC. (4) The microSD card and the Qwiic connector share the host's I2C/SPI pins with the Nano headers, so the corresponding header pads are occupied.
Provenance
Every figure on this page was read from the 2 sources below and last checked on Oct 29, 2026.
- vendor Arduino Store - Nano Connector Carrier product page (SKU ASX00061, EUR 13.30 as measured; Qwiic, Grove, microSD, 3.3 V/5 V selector)
- datasheet Arduino Nano Connector Carrier datasheet ASX00061 (pinout tables 4.1.1 Analog JP1 and 4.1.2 Digital JP2, board-selector switch table, Qwiic/microSD 3.3 V note, SN74LVC1G125DCKR and TCA9406DCUR translators, SD_SS solder-jumper options on D4/D3/D2, 28 x 43 mm, -40 to +85 C)